1888 Penn State football team

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1888
Penn State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–2–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainGeorge Linsz
Home stadiumOld Main lawn
Seasons
1888 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     13 0 0
Harvard     12 1 0
Princeton     11 1 0
Lehigh     10 2 0
Trinity (CT)     5 1 1
Lafayette     6 3 0
Cornell     4 2 0
Penn     9 7 0
Bucknell
    2 3 0
Fordham
    1 2 0
Massachusetts     2 4 0
Wesleyan
    2 7 0
Worcester Tech     1 4 0
Rutgers     1 6 1
Penn State     0 2 1
Swarthmore
    0 5 0

The 1888 Penn State football team was an

University Park, Pennsylvania. The 1888 team is the only winless team in Penn State history.[1]
Harry Leyden (1887–1889) played quarterback in 1888.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 31DickinsonT 6–6
November 3Lehigh
  • Old Main lawn
  • State College, PA
L 0–30
November 7at DickinsonCarlisle, PAL 0–16

There is a score discrepancy. Lehigh lists the final score as 32–0.

References

  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1885-1889)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.